BERNINI ART AS THEATRE

Bernini: Art as Theatre forges a new analysis of Baroque illusionism through a study of this artists sculptural ensembles. Gian Lor enzo Bernini (15981680) was a sculptor, architect, and painter, but also a court scenographer, playwright, actor, and director. Ber ninis work in theater served as a wellspring for his arts visual effects. Theater was the dominant cultural paradigm of the Baroqu e, manifest in the rise of opera and ballet, as well as increasingly magnificent scenographic technologies for the performed rituals of church a...[Read more]